Integrating influences from old country greats such as Townes Van Zandt and John Prine, to the sonic rock explorations of Jeff Tweedy, Peyote Pilgrim has been making music in the DC area since 2013. Childhood friends Casey Shannon and Davey Hoen formed the group originally as a simple lo-fi project, but joined forces with drummer Jack Kilby and guitarist/pedal steel Ian Dansey in 2015.

Peyote pilgrim refined their vision over the course of two albums (In A Town So Green I Can’t Be Blue, and Cowabunga), and solidified their eclectic Americana sound on their 2017 EP Americana Hotel, anchored by Ian Dansey’s pedal steel melodies, and Casey Shannon’s poetic lyrics that cover classic themes of love and loss, to the not so classic themes of gentrification and immigration. Peyote Pilgrim is a little folk-rock and a little blues-country. It’s unadulterated Americana and a whole lot of heavy soul.